Today we headed off to Sony Picture Studios for their studio tour, then it was time for Sarah McLachlan and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sarah concert number 75
1Sony Pictures Studios owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and houses their film companies Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures
2Sony Pictures Studios classic northern gate, built in 1915, on Washington Boulevard
3Sony Pictures Studios The Smurfs and Zookeeper advertising boards
4Sony Pictures Studios The Smurfs, Friends with Benefits and Zookeeper advertising boards
5Sony Pictures Studios Pan AM, Charlies Angels and Unforgettable new show advertising boards
6Sony Pictures Studios The Smurfs ... coming soon
7Culver City Kirk Douglas Theater (formerly The Culver Theatre)
8Culver City Statue called 'A Moment in Time'
9Culver City Statue of Harry Culver, his wife Lillian, and their newborn daughter Patricia. Harry is reading the Culver City Call's 21 September 1917 issue headlining Culver City's incorporation
10Culver City Culver Hotel, opened in 1924. Many of the cast of The Wizard of Oz stayed here during filming of the movie in 1939
11Culver City Formerly owned by John Wayne, the hotel has housed many stars including Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton and Ronald Reagan
12Culver City Pacific Theatres cinema
13Culver City City Hall
14Sony Pictures tour Main gates on Madison Avenue
15Sony Pictures tour Godzilla
16Sony Pictures tour Spiderman
17Sony Pictures tour Props from "Charlies Angels 2: Full Throttle"
18Sony Pictures tour Props from "A League of Their Own"
19Sony Pictures tour Props from "The Green Latern"
20Sony Pictures tour Props from "The Social Network"
21Sony Pictures tour Props from "The Da Vinci Code"
22Sony Pictures tour Props from "Hancock"
23Sony Pictures tour Props from "Men In Black 2"
24Sony Pictures tour Props from "Men In Black 2"
25Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Ghostbusters", "Talladega Nights" and "The Mall Cop"
26Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Hancock" and "The Green Hornet"
27Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Spiderman"
28Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Memoirs of a Geisha"
29Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Memoirs of a Geisha"
30Sony Pictures tour Costume from "Marie Antoinette"
31Sony Pictures tour Costume from "The Other Boleyn Girl"
32Sony Pictures tour Plane from "Stuart Little 2"
33Sony Pictures tour Props from "Ghost Rider"
34Sony Pictures tour Props from "Ghost Rider"
35Sony Pictures tour Props from "Ghostbusters"
36Sony Pictures tour Props from "Desperado" and "Ghostbusters"
37Sony Pictures tour Props from "Talladega Nights"
38Sony Pictures tour Props from "Jumanji"
39Sony Pictures tour Props from "Stuart Little 2"
40Sony Pictures tour Props from "Stuart Little 2"
41Sony Pictures tour Props from "The House Bunny"
42Sony Pictures tour Props from "Pineapple Express"
43Sony Pictures tour Props from "Step Brothers"
44Sony Pictures tour Sony Pictures Plaza
45Sony Pictures tour We have a guest pass so we're ready to go :)
46Sony Pictures tour Thalberg building which has been used in many films and television shows, including being used for the graduation ceremony in "Spiderman"
47Sony Pictures tour Sony acquired the property in 1993, first renamed Columbia Studios, in poor condition and invested $100 million to renovate the studio complex. They painted and upgraded the buildings, erected new walls around the lot, restored the ironwork gates and added nostalgic art deco ,false fronts on Main Street and hand-painted murals of Columbia film posters.
48Sony Pictures tour Main Street
49Sony Pictures tour Main Street
50Sony Pictures tour Main Street
51Sony Pictures tour Main Street
52Sony Pictures tour Main Street
53Sony Pictures tour Main Street
54Sony Pictures tour Main Street
55Sony Pictures tour Main Street
56Sony Pictures tour Main Street
57Sony Pictures tour Ecto-1 from "Ghostbusters"
58Sony Pictures tour Main Street
59Sony Pictures tour Main Street
60Sony Pictures tour Main Street
61Sony Pictures tour Main Street
62Sony Pictures tour Main Street
63Sony Pictures tour Main Street
64Sony Pictures tour Main Street
65Sony Pictures tour Sony Pictures Plaza, also used as the 'Wolfram & Hart' offices in the television series "Angel"
66Sony Pictures tour Sony Pictures Plaza
67Hollywood & Highland Center views of Hollywood United Methodist Church. The Red Ribbon was added on World AIDS Day 1993 when members of HUMC fashioned two giant AIDS ribbons and attached them to the tower of the church. More permanent ribbons replaced them and were mounted on the tower in 1996
68Hollywood & Highland Center views of the Hollywood sign
69Hollywood & Highland Center setting up for some evening entertainment, but we had other plans ...
70Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles ... and our other plans were at the Hollywood Bowl
71Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah advert at the Bowl
72Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah advert at the Bowl
73Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles sign for tonight (and tomorrow's) show
74Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles and Sarah on a television screen on the way to our seat :)
75Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah poster in the Bowl
76Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles The Bowl stage and the Hollywood sign from the back. It was quite a walk up all the stairs ... or so I've been told!
77Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles The Bowl stage and the Hollywood sign
78Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles The Bowl stage and the Hollywood sign from the back
79Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles The Bowl stage from the left
80Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles looking up at the seats from the front (left)
81Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Light are on, show is starting soon :)
82Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
83Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
84Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
85Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
86Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
87Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
88Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
89Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
90Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
91Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
92Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
93Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
94Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
95Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
96Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
97Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
98Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
99Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
100Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
101Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
102Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
103Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
104Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
105Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
106Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
107Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
108Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
109Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
110Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
111Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
112Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
113Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
114Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
115Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
116Sarah McLachlan at Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles Sarah, her band and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra